Quotes
Authors
Kate O'Regan
"The deep inequalities that persist are visible reminders of the effects of apartheid and colonialism. Until these scars are healed, the vision of our Constitution will not have been achieved." --
Kate O'Regan
#Vision Quotes
#Colonialism Quotes
#Poverty Quotes
“The fact of progress is written plain and large on the page of history; but progress is not a law of nature.”
“You shouldn’t say I can’t until you’ve tried.”
“The same dynamics that promote performance also support learning and behavioral change.”
“There's something so healthy about young people speaking up in unity.”
“Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.”
“All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances.”
“The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war in each story without having to comment on its all-encompassing nature. Turn the page and here are new characters and new situations, but the war remains... Isn't that how life has been for us for over a decade?”
“When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on.”